WASHINGTON. The online service Xbox video game console from Microsoft returned to work Friday afternoon, but the Sony PlayStation was down for a second day after an attack claimed by hackers.
The disruption of services began on Thursday, Christmas Day, when thousands of players received consoles as gift and tried unsuccessfully to connect to servers first.
On Friday afternoon, Xbox restored almost completely their services, with only three applications that still have problems, according to the website dedicated to this console. Not for PlayStation, still asking players “patience” and explained that attempt to identify and stir technical problem “as quickly as possible.”
The connection failures occurred the day after the decision of Sony and Microsoft to spread on PlayStation (in a still undefined date) and Xbox Video film The Interview , a controversial comedy about a plot to assassinate the North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.
No links to attack Sony
A month ago, the movie studio Sony Pictures Television was the target of a sophisticated and massive cyber attack, the FBI blamed on North Korea, to consider that government was opposed to the film’s release.
After ominous threats, the study was forced to cancel the screening of the film, but a few days later backtracked and announced with great fanfare that the film would be broadcast on Christmas night as planned, a decision that was applauded by President Barack Obama.
In addition to distributing the film in a limited number of theaters in the US, Sony Pictures put available online, also including Microsoft’s Xbox console and soon the PlayStation. However, no established relationship between the two cases
The attack on Xbox Live and PlayStation Network was claimed by a user of Twittwer newly created. “Lizard Squad” (Squadron Lizard), while the Sony Pictures by the Guardians hackers Peace or GOP (Guardians of Peace, in English).
Lizard Squad is a group of hackers who attacked targets Sony in the past, although it was not possible establish the veracity of the information posted on Twitter.
Fans Attack
According to some analysts, is unlikely to be a direct connection between the cyber Sony Pictures and the current attack PlayStation and Xbox, also consider that this last statement is more like the work of amateurs seeking fame.
“The timing suggests that this is an attack that can be put in the category of teenagers want her five minutes of fame, “said Pierre Samson, the computer security firm Circle European Security and Information Systems.
” There is very little chance that this will have a direct link with the attack on Sony Pictures “he added, stressing that daily thousands of similar attacks are launched, usually without success. “For a few hundred dollars, can you buy on the black market quite powerful (a computer program type) DDoS, which may affect multiple systems,” he said.
The service PlayStation Network has been a victim several attacks. The most serious occurred in April 2011 when the personal data of around 100 million users were stolen, forcing Sony to shut down its network for more than three weeks.
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